Kerala tour operators peeved at government ad

Thiruvananthapuram: Tour operators and hoteliers are peeved with an advertisement issued by the ministry of civil aviation, which doesn't indicate the presence of Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode airports on the aviation map.
The ad, the ministry's share of the pre-election PR drive of the UPA government, mentions only the Cochin International Airport.
The ad, which depicts the five-year growth of the sunrise sector through a comparison chart of major international air routes, claims that even the "smallest cities are connected to the world".
A press release by the Confederation of Tourism Industry in Kerala, Trivandrum Chamber of Commerce and South Kerala Hotel Federation reads: "Unfortunately, the air connectivity map given in the ad has left out the leading airports like Trivandrum and Calicut in Kerala.
The trade bodies have demanded an apology from aviation minister Praful Patel for discriminating against the two airports in Kerala and urged for action against the officials who released the ad in major newspapers on Monday.
24/02/09 Don Sebastian/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Feb 2009